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When you’re on the pool deck sometimes it can feel like swimming has its own language. That’s partially true – from training terms to swimming lingo, there’s a lot of terminology that can be foreign for a first time swimmer and even expert.

In this episode of Whiteboard Wednesday, we’ll take a deep dive into the swimming lingo you might hear on deck!

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Howdy swim fans, here with another episode of Whiteboard Wednesday. Today we’re talking about the swimming terminology you might hear on the pool deck and see in the MySwimPro app.

Stroke Abbreviations

FR = Freestyle

FLY = Butterfly

BK = Backstroke

BR = Breaststroke

IM = Individual Medley

FRIM = Freestyle IM

K = Kick

P = Pull

P/S = Pull or Swim

ST = Stroke

CH = Choice

Training Terms

Build – Swimming faster by the end of the set or repetition

Best Average – Swimming as fast as possible maintaining the same speed on every repetition within a set

Descend – Swimming faster by time over the duration of a set or repetition

Ascend – Swimming slower by time over the duration of a set or repetition

Negative Split – Swimming faster on the second half of an individual repetition